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Based in Beijing, NPR international correspondent Louisa Lim finds China a hugely diverse, vibrant, fascinating place. Lim opened NPR's Shanghai bureau in February 2006.enCopyright 2017 NPR - For Personal Use OnlyNPR API RSS Generator 0.94Mon, 16 Jan 2017 17:16:00 -0500https://media.npr.org/images/stations/nprone_logos/npr.png?s=200Louisa Limhttps://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5383747
Inventor Who Made Chinese Easier To Read, Dies The inventor of Pinyin, a system that converted Chinese characters into words with the Roman alphabet, died on Saturday. Zhou Youguang was 111 years old.Mon, 16 Jan 2017 17:16:00 -0500https://www.npr.org/2017/01/16/510128936/inventor-who-made-chinese-easier-to-read-dies?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=louisalim
https://www.npr.org/2017/01/16/510128936/inventor-who-made-chinese-easier-to-read-dies?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=louisalimThe inventor of Pinyin, a system that converted Chinese characters into words with the Roman alphabet, died on Saturday. Zhou Youguang was 111 years old.]]>Louisa LimIn Australia, Decades Of Abuse Against Military Recruits Comes To Light A commission is investigating complaints by military academy students who say systematic sexual abuse was inflicted on new recruits dating back to the 1970s.Thu, 30 Jun 2016 15:08:00 -0400https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/06/30/484193073/in-australia-decades-of-abuse-against-military-recruits-comes-to-light?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=louisalim
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A commission is investigating complaints by military academy students who say systematic sexual abuse was inflicted on new recruits dating back to the 1970s.

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]]>Louisa LimJune 4: The Day That Defines, And Still Haunts China Suppressing its own people with tanks and guns 25 years ago was a pivotal act of modern China. Beijing hoped economic prosperity would make people forget. But the legacy of Tiananmen remains potent.Tue, 03 Jun 2014 15:16:00 -0400https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2014/06/03/318454674/june-4-the-day-that-defines-and-still-haunts-china?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=louisalim
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Suppressing its own people with tanks and guns 25 years ago was a pivotal act of modern China. Beijing hoped economic prosperity would make people forget. But the legacy of Tiananmen remains potent.

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]]>Louisa LimFor One Soldier At Tiananmen, A Day 'Never Forgotten'Chen Guang is now an artist, and since early May, he has been held in police detention after staging a performance that was a comment on attempts to expunge the Tiananmen Square massacre from history.Mon, 02 Jun 2014 03:36:00 -0400https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2014/06/02/317996805/for-one-soldier-at-tiananmen-a-day-never-forgotten?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=louisalim
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Chen Guang is now an artist, and since early May, he has been held in police detention after staging a performance that was a comment on attempts to expunge the Tiananmen Square massacre from history.

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]]>Louisa LimFor Many Of China's Youth, June 4 May As Well Be Just Another DayStudents were the driving force behind the 1989 pro-democracy protests in Beijing. China's youth now have other worries, the events of 25 years ago forgotten and buried by time and the government.Sun, 01 Jun 2014 07:44:00 -0400https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2014/06/01/317397569/for-many-of-chinas-youth-june-4-may-as-well-be-just-another-day?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=louisalim
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Students were the driving force behind the 1989 pro-democracy protests in Beijing. China's youth now have other worries, the events of 25 years ago forgotten and buried by time and the government.

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]]>Louisa Lim25 Years On, Mothers Of Tiananmen Square Dead Seek AnswersA bullet to the head killed Zhang Xianling's son near Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989. Since then, she has led a group demanding the truth and accountability for those deaths.Tue, 20 May 2014 13:36:00 -0400https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2014/05/20/313961978/25-years-on-mothers-of-tiananmen-square-dead-seek-answers?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=louisalim
https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2014/05/20/313961978/25-years-on-mothers-of-tiananmen-square-dead-seek-answers?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=louisalimA bullet to the head killed Zhang Xianling's son near Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989. Since then, she has led a group demanding the truth and accountability for those deaths.]]>Louisa LimAfter 25 Years Of Amnesia, Remembering A Forgotten TiananmenThe bloody 1989 crackdown in Beijing changed China, NPR's Louisa Lim explains in a new book. She also chronicles the brutal repression that took place in another city — and remained hidden until now.Tue, 15 Apr 2014 03:22:00 -0400https://www.npr.org/2014/04/15/301433547/after-25-years-of-amnesia-remembering-a-forgotten-tiananmen?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=louisalim
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The bloody 1989 crackdown in Beijing changed China, NPR's Louisa Lim explains in a new book. She also chronicles the brutal repression that took place in another city — and remained hidden until now.

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]]>Louisa LimBelly Dancing For The Dead: A Day With China's Top MournerBanned during the Cultural Revolution, China's ancient funeral practices are re-emerging — but with new twists. One of China's most famous professional mourners creates modern funerals with Chinese characteristics — burning paper money, wailing and prostrating, karaoke eulogies and strobe lights.Wed, 26 Jun 2013 03:24:00 -0400https://www.npr.org/2013/06/26/195565696/belly-dancing-for-the-dead-a-day-with-chinas-top-mourner?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=louisalim
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Banned during the Cultural Revolution, China's ancient funeral practices are re-emerging — but with new twists. One of China's most famous professional mourners creates modern funerals with Chinese characteristics — burning paper money, wailing and prostrating, karaoke eulogies and strobe lights.

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]]>Louisa LimCalls For Justice For Tiananmen Met With SilenceTwenty-four years after the crackdown on protesters in Beijing, parents of those killed are still prevented from mourning publicly. However, the rise of the Internet and social media has given democracy activists new tools.Mon, 03 Jun 2013 13:53:00 -0400https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2013/06/03/188316096/Mothers-Of-Tiananmen-Call-For-Justice-Get-Silence-In-Return?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=louisalim
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Twenty-four years after the crackdown on protesters in Beijing, parents of those killed are still prevented from mourning publicly. However, the rise of the Internet and social media has given democracy activists new tools.

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]]>Louisa LimFor China's Youth, A Life Of 'Darkness Outside The Night'In his haunting new graphic novel, cartoonist Xie Peng, 36, captures a psychological journey into the world of young Chinese. He worked for six years on the book, which renders a landscape of competition, anxiety and stress, and where everything, including dignity, is a commodity.Wed, 29 May 2013 13:27:00 -0400https://www.npr.org/2013/07/20/187044910/for-chinas-youth-a-life-of-darkness-outside-the-night?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=louisalim
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In his haunting new graphic novel, cartoonist Xie Peng, 36, captures a psychological journey into the world of young Chinese. He worked for six years on the book, which renders a landscape of competition, anxiety and stress, and where everything, including dignity, is a commodity.

]]>Louisa LimTargets Of Disgraced Bo Xilai Still Languish In JailThe once high-flying Chinese politician Bo Xilai was detained for corruption and abuse of power 14 months ago. While still party boss in Chongqing, Bo launched his own crackdown on corruption, which is now under scrutiny. But even as troubling legal questions arise, many of the people nabbed remain imprisoned.Mon, 27 May 2013 03:28:00 -0400https://www.npr.org/2013/05/27/186457528/targets-of-disgraced-bo-xilai-still-languish-in-jail?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=louisalim
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The once high-flying Chinese politician Bo Xilai was detained for corruption and abuse of power 14 months ago. While still party boss in Chongqing, Bo launched his own crackdown on corruption, which is now under scrutiny. But even as troubling legal questions arise, many of the people nabbed remain imprisoned.

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]]>Louisa LimChina's Artist Provocateur Explores New Medium: Heavy MetalIn 2011, police detained Ai Weiwei for 81 days. Now, he's released a song that's turned the experience into a heavy metal protest song, along with a dystopian nightmare video. The lyrics are explicit and angry. Ai says his music is for the many political prisoners who remain jailed.Wed, 22 May 2013 12:37:00 -0400https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2013/05/22/186008930/chinas-artist-provocateur-explores-new-medium-heavy-metal?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=louisalim
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In 2011, police detained Ai Weiwei for 81 days. Now, he's released a song that's turned the experience into a heavy metal protest song, along with a dystopian nightmare video. The lyrics are explicit and angry. Ai says his music is for the many political prisoners who remain jailed.

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]]>Louisa LimChildren Of China's Wealthy Learn Expensive Lessons Some super-rich Chinese are sending their kids to weekend classes in order to learn how to deal with money. The lessons include things like a charity sale designed to teach the children compassion, sharing and the value of money.Mon, 20 May 2013 03:05:00 -0400https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2013/05/20/182926183/Children-Of-Chinas-Wealthy-Learn-Expensive-Lessons?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=louisalim
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Some super-rich Chinese are sending their kids to weekend classes in order to learn how to deal with money. The lessons include things like a charity sale designed to teach the children compassion, sharing and the value of money.

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]]>Louisa LimAfter The Quake In China: A Survivor's StoryNatural disasters make the headlines. But we rarely hear how the survivors are doing years later. Here's the story of Zhang Ming, who suffered devastating losses in the 2008 earthquake in China's Sichuan province.Mon, 13 May 2013 16:06:00 -0400https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2013/04/30/180112874/After-The-Quake-In-China-A-Survivors-Story?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=louisalim
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Natural disasters make the headlines. But we rarely hear how the survivors are doing years later. Here's the story of Zhang Ming, who suffered devastating losses in the 2008 earthquake in China's Sichuan province.

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]]>Louisa LimFive Years After A Quake, Chinese Cite Shoddy ReconstructionA massive 2008 temblor in Sichuan province killed some 90,000 Chinese and pointed to the poor construction practices in China. The rebuilding effort was supposed to showcase modern China. But today, many survivors are angry over what they say is official corruption, ranging from poor construction and unpaid workers to bribes and improper compensation for seized land.Mon, 13 May 2013 15:05:00 -0400https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2013/05/14/183635289/Five-Years-After-A-Quake-Chinese-Cite-Shoddy-Reconstruction?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=louisalim
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A massive 2008 temblor in Sichuan province killed some 90,000 Chinese and pointed to the poor construction practices in China. The rebuilding effort was supposed to showcase modern China. But today, many survivors are angry over what they say is official corruption, ranging from poor construction and unpaid workers to bribes and improper compensation for seized land.